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• Some clams have lifespans far longer than those of human beings.From the entry lifespan
• She's been down on clams since a bad case of food poisoning; she's lost her appetite for them.From the entry down
• Their favorite way to cook clams is steaming.From the entry steaming
• Is the clam chowder made with honest-to-goodness clams?From the entry honest-to-goodness
• In its shallow waters, now-extinct clams known as rudists formed extensive beds.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 27. From the entry rudist
• For good measure, a serving of "la la" clams adds decoration and a pleasant brininess.2017 September 18, Jaime Ee, “Fresh seafood delights from farm to fork at Scaled by Ah Hua Kelong”, in The Straits Times. From the entry la la
• Then spaghetti alla carbonara, pappardelle with ragu of rabbit, and linguini with clams.2010 August 13, Ryan Murphy, Jennifer Salt, 44:36 from the start, in Eat Pray Love. From the entry pappardelle
• These are the babiest of baby clams, usually packed in brine.2009, Steve Winston, The Spanish Table. From the entry babiest
• Raw clams, I am convinced, have a latently cunnilingual character that many find repugnant.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry cunnilingual
• High Tide is laden with luscious pastels, watery vistas and quirky, weather-beaten clam joints.1988 April 16, Elizabeth Pincus, “Taming Upstart Women”, in Gay Community News, page 7. From the entry watery
• Shops along the path are selling live clams, indisputably vulvic in appearance.1974, Angela Carter, “A Fertility Festival”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 316. From the entry vulvic
• Men with nothing to do plovered the sand - edge with clam rakes that raked nothing.1971, John Ciardi, Lives of X., page 50. From the entry plover
• Then you walk in with a pretty girl on your arm looking as happy as a clam.'1954, Ian Fleming, “The Everglades”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 127. From the entry happy as a clam
• Clams was fairly scarce over that side of the bay and ought to fetch a fair price.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter III, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC. From the entry thick
• Got my pasta vongole with giant clams.2022 November 6, Mike White, “Italian Dream”, in Mike White, director, The White Lotus, season 2, episode 2, spoken by Tanya McQuoid…. From the entry vongole
• For my appetizer I want clam chowder.2019 December 27, Michael Fountain, “The Cruise”, in Brass September, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, book 2. From the entry mashed potato
• “You can't clam up on me, punk!2016 June 13, Charles Suozzi, “Gift Me Liberty” (6:11 from the start), in American Dad!, season 13, episode 20, spoken by Stan Smith (Seth…. From the entry clam up
• Some of the storefronts that sell dried clams and sea urchins and putrescible vegetables give it a kind of squalid character.”2007 April 24, James Barron, “Museum Plans to Move to Its Symbolic Home, ‘Littler Italy’”, in New York Times. From the entry putrescible
• At the door I turned for a final good-bye, but I clammed up when I noticed Adrienne’s thoughtful expression.2006, Ginny Aiken, Decorating Schemes (Deadly Décor Mysteries; 2), Grand Rapids, Mich.: Revell, →ISBN, page 128. From the entry good-bye
• I survey the ice-lined crates containing sea snails, rock cod, sea urchin and a Vancouver favorite, geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck)—a giant clam.2004 April, Smithsonian, page 92. From the entry geoduck
• I'll cook clams, lobsters—hot-and-spicy red potatoes and corn cobettes.2002, Patricia Hickman, Sandpebbles, page 194. From the entry cobette
• When she wasn’t hunting clams, she was fishing cats, and knew every beach, island and milemarker on the river.2001, Matthew Mohlke, “Quad Cities” (chapter 7), in Floating Down the Country, Red Wing, Minn.: Lone Oak Press, Ltd., →ISBN, page 91. From the entry pollywog
• Steam from the steamed clams we're having.1996 April 14, Bill Oakley, “22 Short Films About Springfield” (00:55 from the start), in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 21, spoken by…. From the entry steamed
• They were filled with "coquinas," tiny butterfly-shaped clam shells that gleamed with all the colors of the rainbow.1995, Ray Dabrowski, editor, Images of Mission: Seventh-day Adventists, People of Faith, Love, Courage, and Hope, Silver Spring, Md.…. From the entry coquina
• Her bowl was loaded with clams, mussels and scallops in an herbed tomato and wine broth, a lovely dish for $12.75.1985 April 27, Sue Hyde, “Formal Dining Pleasure”, in Gay Community News, page 8. From the entry cioppino
• It can be clear clam broth or Manhattan clam chowder (red and tomato-y) or Boston clam chowder (a potatoed cream soup).1978 November, Ellen Stein, “Dining Out: Michigan’s Water Wonder: Seafood”, in Monthly Detroit, volume 1, number 8, page 21, column 3. From the entry potatoed
• Maybe it was the shell of a razor clam.1966 April 3, Art Vinsel, “Gadzooks! Where Did All the Hirsutes Come From?”, in Independent-Press-Telegram, volume 14, number 31, Long…. From the entry hirsute
• Her clam diggers camouflaged her almost to normalcy.1950 July, Helen Gregutt, “Victory”, in Esther R. Bien, editor, The American Girl, New York, N.Y.: Girl Scouts of the U.S.A., →ISSN…. From the entry clam diggers
• She ordered a New Haven classic, which also happens to be one of the most popular apizzas at Fantini’s — the white clam pizza.2022 April, Gabby Gregory, “The Place to Be: Fantini’s New Haven Style Apizza”, in Palm City Living, volume 538, page 28. From the entry apizza
• Her small frame, clothed in clam diggers and a plain white tee, added to the illusion Janelle held a girl, not a woman.2019, Mandy Mikulencak, chapter 3, in Forgiveness Road, John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books, →ISBN, page 32. From the entry clam diggers
• This interaction, allied to the possibility of pseudoreplicating the estimates for dead clams, supported the decision to perform further modeling only for dying clams.2016 January 9, “Frequency, Magnitude, and Possible Causes of Stranding and Mass-Mortality Events of the Beach Clam Tivela mactroides…. From the entry pseudoreplicating
• Iron Springs offers a guided clam dig for first timers or those who are rusty at spotting the clam's show at low tide.2014, Karen Gaudette Brewer, Seafood Lover's Pacific Northwest, page 128. From the entry dig
• We had a blizzard, a thaw, a spell of springy weather, and James baked me a heart-shaped white clam pizza for Valentine's Day.2014, Kitty Burns Florey, Vigil for a Stranger, →ISBN. From the entry springy
• It's a technique that takes practice, so first timers usually stick to the clam gun technique for a successful clam digging adventure.2013, Grant McOmie, Grant's Getaways: 101 Oregon Adventures, →ISBN. From the entry clam gun
• In fact, it's very similar to clam chowder, the main difference being that instead of clams, Cullen skink calls for smoked haddock.2006 March, David Lansing, “HopScotching the Inner Hebrides”, in Christine Richard, editor, Islands, Winter Park, Fla.: Islands Media…. From the entry Cullen skink

Meaning of clam

1. noun A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
2. noun A type of strong pincers or forceps.
3. noun A kind of vise, usually of wood.

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How do you use clam in a sentence?

Clam is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!”

What is a short sentence with clam?

“Those sneakers cost me fifty clams!”

What does clam mean?

Clam means a bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria), hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), sea clams or hen clams (Spisula solidissima), and other species, possibly originally applied to clams of species Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.